Utensil-handle protector



Jan. 24, 1928.

C. C. COLLETTE UTENSIL HANDLE PROTECTOR Filed Aug. 9, 1927 CUT-annu,

Patented Jan. 24, 1928-.

UNITED STATES resinas CLARENCE C. COLLETTE, OF AMSTERIlA'lVI,` NEW YORK.`

UTENSIL-HANDLE PROTECTOR.

Application filed August 9, 1927. VSerial No; 211,730.

My invention has for its object to provide an ecient protector for handles ot utensils commonly used for heating articles or materials. lt particularly has for its object. to prevent burning or deceniposition of handles that are :formed oi heat insulating material, such as, Wood, .fibrous and plastic compositions. rlhe invention provides a readily attachable and detachie able plate extending beneath the handle and .so as to deflect the heat laterally with respect to the handle at a point beneath the handle and thus prevent the deleterious eiects of heat on the handle. More specifically, the inventionprovides a means for rigidly securing and mounting the protector' at its ends so that, While it may be made of relative thin sheet material ata low cost of production, it Will not be bent out or shape or distorted by the heat to which it may be sub- `jected and also whereby its outer end, with reference to the handle, is securely lixed in its position, it also being so shaped and se* cured as to prevent ready engagement or ing; terlocking With other objects.

Structures containing the invention may vary as to their details. To illustrate a practical application of the invention, l have selected a handle protector for cotl'ee percola- :ja tors as an example of the protectors of diiferent forms that contain my invention, and shall describe it hereinatter. The particular handle protector referred tois shown in the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view ot a handle protector as applied to a collec per (blaten Fig. 2 is a persiiect-ive view ot the protector itself. Fig. 3 is a vieu* ot a section talcen through `a part ot the handle and also through the longitudinal axis ol the protector. j i

The utensil 1 is provided with a handle 2 Wriich is, preferably, formed of heat insulating material to prevent conductivity of the heat ot the utensil and its contents to the handle and so that the utensil may be manip ulated by an individual. The handle 2 may be secured to the utensil by any suitable means. Usually, such handles have vertical parts, such as, the partV 3 and horizontally extending parts, such as, the parts 4, that interconnect the part 3 With the percolater and are secured by means of bolts 5. The protector is secured beneath the lower end to ot the handle by means of the bolt 5, and interloclring parts `lformedat the ends ollthe handle and the protector.

rllhe protector 10 is formed oit sheet metal.

It has an upwardly projecting ear 11 that may be located intermediate the inner end of the part l and the Wall ot the utensil 1. The protector 10 also has a prominently looped or inwardly turned end portion 12 that is located on the outside of the vertical plane tangential to the outermost portion ot the surface ot the part 3 ol the handle. rlhe y end edge or' the inturned end portion 12 is curved as at 13 and the lower end ot the part 2 ot the handle has a groove 1i which may be so shaped as to be more or less decorative in its character'. 'lhe edge 13 tits into the groove 14 and thus prevents displacement of the outer end portion ot the protector. The dimensions ot the protector are such that when the edge 13 is placed in the-groove 14 the end of the ear 11 Will be pressed with a considerable pressure against the inner end ot the part 4 and as the ear 11 is pushed over the inner end surface of the part fl, the pressure by reason of the elasticity of the protector 1.0 will be increased while at the same time the pressure ot i the edge 13 against the bottom of the groove 14: will also be increased. The pressure of the end edge oi the protector Will be further increased when `the bolt 5 is screwed down into position. The protector is thus placed in posi' tion by inserting the edge 13 in the groove 14 and then placing the end ot the ear 11 on the inner end surface olf the part 4f and with relatively cmisiderable pressure push-` ing the ear l1 over the sui-tace of the end oi the part 4luntil the opening 15 ot the ear l1 is in line with the bolt 5, whereupon. the bolt 5 may be inserted through the ear and thus locate the protector in position,

whereby it Will be rigidly secured at both ends. Y f

In order to increase the rigidity ol' the protector, it is provided with beaded portions 16 that extend along its .sides and edges from near the ear 11 to substantially a midpoint of the looped end port-ion 12, substantially as shown in Figs. land 2. Thus by my invention I have provided a protector for handles that is rigidly connected at both ends olf the protector and does not bodilyl project from the percolator and thus avoids interengagement or locking with other utensils or articles, and also is so constructed that it will nothe bent or distorted in the ordinary use; off the utensil:

In a protector for handles of utensils, an elastic sheet `met-a1 `part having an `outer looped `returned endpol'tion and the handle having a groove for engagngtheontel' leturned end of the sheet metal part, the othei1 end of the sheet metal: part having an eall Y10 for connecting the sheet metal part to the Loezoeo utensil, the distance between the ear and the said outer returned end ofthe said sheet metal part being such as to draw the sind outer i'etln'nm'l end into the groove and against the handle when the ear is secured 15 CLARENCE o. ooLLE' f 

